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What is Death Note, and is it really Ireland’s Netflix favourite?

What is Death Note, and is it really Ireland’s Netflix favourite?

An international survey of search data finds Ireland’s most Googled Netflix property in 2021

Tue Apr 27 2021 - 13:43
Starstruck: A giddy confection that helps rehabilitate the romcom

Starstruck: A giddy confection that helps rehabilitate the romcom

TV review: Rose Matafeo’s new show is Notting Hill for Generation Instagram

Tue Apr 27 2021 - 13:22
Secrets of the Whales: Is the House of Mouse taking the mickey?

Secrets of the Whales: Is the House of Mouse taking the mickey?

TV review: A visually stunning Disney+ series that improves with the mute button

Thu Apr 22 2021 - 14:37
A European Super League? The Derry City story shows what being a soccer fan is really about

A European Super League? The Derry City story shows what being a soccer fan is really about

TV: Different League is a timely chronicle of Derry’s mid-1980s League of Ireland arrival

Tue Apr 20 2021 - 16:25
Kate Winslet is riveting in Mare of Easttown. Her Irish pronunciation not so much

Kate Winslet is riveting in Mare of Easttown. Her Irish pronunciation not so much

TV: This murder mystery is a Springsteen song repurposed as high-calibre procedural

Tue Apr 20 2021 - 09:30
Colm Tóibín: ‘I don’t think I learned anything at all from cancer’

Colm Tóibín: ‘I don’t think I learned anything at all from cancer’

TV review: On Memory’s Shore is an enjoyable portrait of the unshowy author

Mon Apr 19 2021 - 22:30
Leonardo: Aidan Turner has great stubble, but don’t expect Bridgerton-with-brushes

Leonardo: Aidan Turner has great stubble, but don’t expect Bridgerton-with-brushes

The canvas cracks a bit when the Irish actor is called on to channel Leonardo da Vinci’s virtuosity

Fri Apr 16 2021 - 11:40
Game of Thrones 10th birthday quiz: Why did Jon Snow leave Winterfell?

Game of Thrones 10th birthday quiz: Why did Jon Snow leave Winterfell?

Can you name the direwolves? Tell Lyanna Stark from Lyanna Mormont? If so, play on

Fri Apr 16 2021 - 01:00
Frank of Ireland: If you like toilet humour, you’ll love Brian and Domhnall Gleeson’s new comedy

Frank of Ireland: If you like toilet humour, you’ll love Brian and Domhnall Gleeson’s new comedy

TV: The Gleesons are a lively double-act, and the scatological jokes arrive at an impressive clip

Thu Apr 15 2021 - 22:30
Game of Thrones is 10 years old ... and already feels irrelevant

Game of Thrones is 10 years old ... and already feels irrelevant

Two years ago, the world was transfixed by the TV fantasy show. Now we see how shallow it was

Thu Apr 15 2021 - 06:00
The US version of The Circle is brasher, more annoying – and twice as addictive

The US version of The Circle is brasher, more annoying – and twice as addictive

Season two review: Netflix has dropped four episodes at once, with more arriving weekly

Wed Apr 14 2021 - 14:22
‘Fame? If you have any personal demons, you’re quite not prepared for it’

‘Fame? If you have any personal demons, you’re quite not prepared for it’

Hannah Reid of London Grammar on saying whatever she wants after struggling with success

Tue Apr 13 2021 - 05:00
Mary Coughlan revisits her past: ‘It was everywhere. Bags of cocaine, champagne and tequila’

Mary Coughlan revisits her past: ‘It was everywhere. Bags of cocaine, champagne and tequila’

TV review: In ‘Keys To My Life’, well known people travel to the places they have lived

Mon Apr 12 2021 - 10:00
Sarah McInerney and Fran McNulty are solid, but Prime Time has gone gaudy

Sarah McInerney and Fran McNulty are solid, but Prime Time has gone gaudy

TV review: RTÉ made a song and dance about the show’s makeover and ‘super high tech’ studio

Wed Apr 07 2021 - 00:11
Louis Theroux: Shooting Joe Exotic – Is this for real?

Louis Theroux: Shooting Joe Exotic – Is this for real?

TV review: This Tiger King film feels slightly patched together, but it’s still gripping

Tue Apr 06 2021 - 06:00
Iarnród Enda: Alan Partridge might have dreamed this up in a desperate pitching session

Iarnród Enda: Alan Partridge might have dreamed this up in a desperate pitching session

TV review: It’s hard to dislike Enda Kenny pedalling along Ireland’s old railway lines

Mon Apr 05 2021 - 22:05
Give me a crash course in ... nonfungible tokens

Give me a crash course in ... nonfungible tokens

The hot internet trend for people with all the money in the world and nothing to spend it on

Sat Apr 03 2021 - 06:00
Taylor Swift is having a better lockdown than any of us

Taylor Swift is having a better lockdown than any of us

Something about the great pause gripping the world has brought out the best in her

Sat Apr 03 2021 - 05:00
You’ve had lockdown fatigue. Now comes lockdown-documentary fatigue

You’ve had lockdown fatigue. Now comes lockdown-documentary fatigue

Pandemic 2020 review: We’ve all endured a lot. Few have endured as much as these people

Thu Apr 01 2021 - 22:00
Grey’s Anatomy catches Covid-19 – but it’s nothing serious

Grey’s Anatomy catches Covid-19 – but it’s nothing serious

Season 17, episode 1 review: It’s springtime in Seattle, and Covid has hit like a hurricane

Wed Mar 31 2021 - 23:30
Martin King reveals how dementia, like a monster in the night, crept up on his family

Martin King reveals how dementia, like a monster in the night, crept up on his family

‘We Need To Talk About Dementia’ explores one of the leading causes of death in over-65s

Sun Mar 28 2021 - 23:15
Line of Duty episode two: 60 minutes of twists, turns and – hang on, Jimmy Savile?

Line of Duty episode two: 60 minutes of twists, turns and – hang on, Jimmy Savile?

TV review: You’ll need a lie-down after this onslaught of twists, turns and Adrian Dunbar

Sun Mar 28 2021 - 22:45
Ben Howard: ‘England at the moment – it’s quite a strange place’

Ben Howard: ‘England at the moment – it’s quite a strange place’

Devon musician on beatnik grandfather, definitions of folk and weaving truth and fiction

Sat Mar 27 2021 - 05:00
In 50 years this will probably be a museum exhibit about the pandemic

In 50 years this will probably be a museum exhibit about the pandemic

TV review: ‘This Is My House’ wouldn’t have got past the elevator pitch before the pandemic

Wed Mar 24 2021 - 22:00
Bernard O’Shea and the ‘did you leave the immersion on?’ school of Irish comedy

Bernard O’Shea and the ‘did you leave the immersion on?’ school of Irish comedy

TV review: Bernard’s Working Comics seldom ventures beyond surface-level laughs

Mon Mar 22 2021 - 22:20
Line of Duty: Episode 1 of series 6 explodes from the traps

Line of Duty: Episode 1 of series 6 explodes from the traps

Kelly Macdonald’s new character is plunged straight into action in Line of Duty’s sixth series

Mon Mar 22 2021 - 00:01
Julie Burchill: Her apology, publisher problems and history of weird ideas about Ireland

Julie Burchill: Her apology, publisher problems and history of weird ideas about Ireland

The British columnist apologised this week for ‘racist comments’. It didn’t end there

Fri Mar 19 2021 - 11:45
Lana Del Rey: Chemtrails Over the Country Club review – A low-key masterpiece

Lana Del Rey: Chemtrails Over the Country Club review – A low-key masterpiece

US singer stands tall as pop’s most singular talent with new ‘country folk’ album

Fri Mar 19 2021 - 10:15
The Late Late Show St Patrick’s Day Special: It was cheesy, misty-eyed – and just right

The Late Late Show St Patrick’s Day Special: It was cheesy, misty-eyed – and just right

The historic broadcast made it a little easier to feel green on a strange March 17th

Thu Mar 18 2021 - 00:45
Caroline Flack was subject to bile as vicious as that directed at Britney Spears

Caroline Flack was subject to bile as vicious as that directed at Britney Spears

TV review: Documentary on death of Love Island host confronts culture of online abuse

Wed Mar 17 2021 - 22:00
My Little Big Day: A beacon amid the dreariness of Covid-19

My Little Big Day: A beacon amid the dreariness of Covid-19

TV: There isn’t much to this film. But there wasn’t much to the daily life we miss so much, either

Mon Mar 15 2021 - 22:35
Bloodlands finale review: Confusion, contrivances and coincidences abound

Bloodlands finale review: Confusion, contrivances and coincidences abound

As a glowering antihero James Nesbitt saves a silly, overbaked series

Sun Mar 14 2021 - 22:25
Oprah with Meghan & Harry: One by one the bombshells drop

Oprah with Meghan & Harry: One by one the bombshells drop

TV review: The couple’s devastating interview is a damning portrait of Britain’s sacred institution

Mon Mar 08 2021 - 08:24
Smother: This is what an Agatha Christie-themed Glenroe looks like

Smother: This is what an Agatha Christie-themed Glenroe looks like

TV review: Restrained Dervla Kirwan steals the show from melodramatic Seána Kerslake

Mon Mar 08 2021 - 00:25
Irish people are too polite to make Eating with the Enemy work

Irish people are too polite to make Eating with the Enemy work

Virgin Media’s new show can’t deliver on its promise to pit clashing egos against one another

Thu Mar 04 2021 - 14:49
Arab Strap: Older, wiser and still miserable

Arab Strap: Older, wiser and still miserable

Aidan Moffat and Malcolm Middleton are back together, with a definite middle-aged tinge

Thu Mar 04 2021 - 05:00
‘I don’t even know when I was born’: Scale of illegal adoption is hard to take in

‘I don’t even know when I was born’: Scale of illegal adoption is hard to take in

TV review: RTÉ Investigates – Ireland’s Illegal Adoptions lets victims speak for themselves

Wed Mar 03 2021 - 23:05
Max Clifford: A grubby predator operating in plain sight

Max Clifford: A grubby predator operating in plain sight

TV review: Max Clifford – The Fall of a Tabloid King refuses to glamorise its wicked subject

Tue Mar 02 2021 - 14:53
Julien Baker: ‘I feel this need to be transparent about what the lyrics are about’

Julien Baker: ‘I feel this need to be transparent about what the lyrics are about’

Singer talks about her latest album and her revelations around sobriety and faith

Sat Feb 27 2021 - 00:00
Billie Eilish: The World’s a Little Blurry – A bit eye-rolley, a bit woke, a bit Spinal Tap

Billie Eilish: The World’s a Little Blurry – A bit eye-rolley, a bit woke, a bit Spinal Tap

Film review: This isn’t a warts-and-all peek behind the pop-star curtain, but it is absorbing

Fri Feb 26 2021 - 09:37
Gordon Ramsay’s Bank Balance: A few cheese boards short of a four-course meal

Gordon Ramsay’s Bank Balance: A few cheese boards short of a four-course meal

TV: The funniest thing about this quiz show is how invested the chef is in the game itself

Wed Feb 24 2021 - 22:40
Big Sky: About as cutting edge as Magnum, PI or Murder, She Wrote

Big Sky: About as cutting edge as Magnum, PI or Murder, She Wrote

TV: David E Kelley’s golden touch deserts him in Disney+’s stonkingly underwhelming thriller

Tue Feb 23 2021 - 11:30
Behind Her Eyes is crazy – making it the perfect show for these crazy days

Behind Her Eyes is crazy – making it the perfect show for these crazy days

Even writing an article about the unhinged Netflix thriller starring Eve Hewson is confusing

Mon Feb 22 2021 - 06:00
Bloodlands review: So grim – and a seriously bad advertisement for a weekend break in Belfast

Bloodlands review: So grim – and a seriously bad advertisement for a weekend break in Belfast

TV review: James Nesbitt is a PSNI officer dragged into a Peace Process conspiracy

Sun Feb 21 2021 - 22:00
Enya and The Corrs are superstars, loved around the world. Why not in Ireland?

Enya and The Corrs are superstars, loved around the world. Why not in Ireland?

Ed Power: Country has rarely looked kindly on those who stood out, who dared sing differently

Sun Feb 21 2021 - 05:00
Framing Britney Spears takes a mirror and points it straight at the culprits: you and me

Framing Britney Spears takes a mirror and points it straight at the culprits: you and me

Britney’s not the only one we victimised. The club includes Paris Hilton and Lindsay Lohan

Wed Feb 17 2021 - 13:21
Behind Her Eyes: An over-the-top, oversexed – but wonderful – Netflix thriller

Behind Her Eyes: An over-the-top, oversexed – but wonderful – Netflix thriller

Eve Hewson can lower the temperature of a scene simply by flashing her frosty peepers

Wed Feb 17 2021 - 10:16
Home of the Year: Cork ‘doom barn’ steals the show

Home of the Year: Cork ‘doom barn’ steals the show

TV review: In episode 1, a minimalist farmhouse vies with a a dark-hued wonder

Tue Feb 16 2021 - 21:00
On First Dates Ireland, Covid-19 is merely a background detail

On First Dates Ireland, Covid-19 is merely a background detail

TV review: It’s a surprise how minor a distraction coronavirus is as the series returns

Thu Feb 11 2021 - 22:30
Kenneth Egan: ‘I do get thoughts of drinking sometimes. Not as much as I used to’

Kenneth Egan: ‘I do get thoughts of drinking sometimes. Not as much as I used to’

TV review: After winning an Olympic medal in Beijing, the boxer began drinking himself numb

Wed Feb 10 2021 - 22:30
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